Posted on 10/15/2016 5:02:13 PM PDT by marshmallow
Chicago's cardinal-elect is a pastor who identifies strongly with Pope Francis's vision for the Church. As Archbishop of Chicago, he embodies the pope's idea of shepherds who know their flock and are there for them -- especially in times of suffering and need.
[On Sunday, Oct. 9, Pope Francis announced a consistory on Nov. 19 for the creation of 17 new cardinals, including 13 under the age of 80 and therefore eligible to vote for the next pope. Crux is offering a series of profiles of the new cardinals.]
When new Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich arrived in that city in the fall of 2014 as one of Pope Francis’s first appointments to head a major U.S. archdiocese, reporters peppered him with the question: “Was Pope Francis sending a message with his appointment?”
Those who know and work with him say his answer then reflects his approach as a bishop, and will continue to guide his ministry as one of the new cardinals announced by Pope Francis Oct. 9 for the consistory to be held on Nov. 19.
In an interview after he arrived in Chicago, Cupich echoed what he had said at his opening press conference: “My reply to that (question) is that I think he sent a pastor. That’s how I look upon myself. I think that’s what my role is.”
And in that role, Cupich has been unafraid to address challenging social and Church issues, drawing on lessons learned from growing up in a large, devout family in Omaha, Nebraska; and from his 41 years of ministry, first as a priest in Omaha, where he was ordained to the priesthood in 1975; and later as a bishop in Rapid City, South Dakota, from 1998-2010; as bishop of Spokane, Washington, from 2010-14; and as Chicago’s archbishop for the past two........
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And the Philadelphia Archbishop doesn’t.
So he’s a Unitarian/Universalist?
Bkccch. Cupich. Wouldn’t choose him for dogcatcher.
“Chicago’s New Cardinal Embodies the Pope Francis Idea of a Bishop” - Damning with faint praise?
I had to check this to see if Father Pfleger was elevated to Bishop.
As if Chicago didn’t have enough problems already.
While there are some things I hesitate to utter in public, I’m happy to say for the record that Cupich doesn’t have the Catholic faith. I can easily believe that Francis considers him his kind of bishop. Feel free to draw your own conclusion.
No, actually, I think he’s an Episcopalian.
Ping for the “apostate” you claim you are communion with.
The best thing that happened in the last 20 years in the Diocese of Spokane was for the anti-Catholic Blase Cupich to leave. I pity the faithful in the Chicago. This should show anyone with a brain that Francis is nothing in the world but leftist/socialist that cares not one thing about the Catholic faith.
It was a sad appointment. The faithful deserve better.
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